Description
You are to write an essay based on the readings you were assigned. Your essay must demonstrate an understanding of your the topics as well as how the article(s) and topics relate to the broader issues, theories, and approaches of sociology that have been discussed in the course.
Your essay should address the following general issues:
– What is the argument being made? What is the thesis of the author(s)?
– What can we learn from the articles? How do these articles contribute to our SOCIOLOGICAL understanding of the world we live in?
Specifically, your essay MUST address the questions listed for the 2 topics you have been assigned. Figure out which 2 topics you have been assigned (listed after your essay # here). Then, go to the “Group Presentation Guidelines” link. Find the 2 topics and print out the specific questions for each topic. These questions must be answered somewhere in your essay. (BUT DON’T JUST ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. MOREOVER, YOU SHOULD ADDRESS THEM IN AN ORDER AND CONTEXT THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU AND YOUR ESSAY.) You must incorporate the answers to those questions in a well-integrated, thoughtful, sociologically-grounded essay.
